The vavle stem leaks and looses preasure I have to constantly keep close eye on the preasure. The dealer replaced the tpi. Only weeks after I bought the truck new. I now have a flat right front tire, after spraying soap on the stem it bubbles from the stem, not the core the stem. This is the 3rd. Time dealer has reparied. Now it is nolonger under warentee. 11-17-17 12-13-17 1-18-18 1-10-18 8-1-18 1-15-19 1-23-19
2017 Ford F-350 SD wheels complaints
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Repeated valve stem leaks in aluminum wheels. First attempted repair on 8/14/2019 at battlefield ford in culpeper, va (purchasing dealership). Second repair attempt on 2/10/2020 at dealership. Third attempt at repair on 2/22/2021, at this time the dealership reported to me that I now need to replace two of the wheels at my expense.
Two issues. First issue, cracked rim. Started losing tire pressure, leak between rim and stainless steel valve stem, had valve stem replaced with rubber valve. Lasted about a week and started losing air pressure again. Used green slime and solved the problem for about two weeks. Pressure loss was minimal, 70 psi down to 60 psi over a couple of days, would reinflate to 70 psi and would hold for a couple of days and I would just inflate back to 70 psi. Driving back from fl to nc on the 30th of dec 2020, I experienced a loss of 20 psi in about an hours time. Pulled into rest area, reinflated tire and sprayed with windex and saw bubbles coming from a crack around the tire valve and going about 2 inches toward the inner edge of rim. Changed to spare, and made it home with no other issues. Rim is original factory aluminum rim. Dealership said truck is out of warranty. Purchased aftermarket wheels this week, did not want to replace with same model of rim. Second issue. Truck has approximately 62,000 miles. Noticed death wobble while I was having issues with above mentioned tire/rim issue and figured it was due to the imbalance of front tire that had green slime in it. Wobble happened again today after hitting pothole, was going about 50-55 MPH, hit pot hole, truck started shaking, slowed down to about 30 and shaking stopped. Has happened 2 other times but those times I had the old tire/wheel set up. This latest occurrence happened with different tire/wheel setup. Have not taken to dealership because it is out of warranty and figured they would not do anything about it.
While stationary or on trips the tires loose air and become severely under inflated requiring the tires to be inflated to proper psi, usually before each time the truck is used (3-4 times per week). This is a safety issue should tires become under inflated while traveling or if the truck needs to be used in a situation where there is no time to inflate to proper psi. Our truck is used to haul horses and would be dangerous if we had an emergency to move horses without time to inflate the tires or if tires lost inflation while on a trip. Problem first appeared about 10 months (may 2018) after the truck was purchased new. Taken to dealer several times and they would replace leaking valve stems. Internet sources suggest the problem is caused by ford using steel valves on aluminum wheels, causing corrosion where the two metals meet. Went to another ford dealer who confirmed such corrosion and recommended I replace all six wheels at an estimated cost of $4,963.16. However, dealer could not confirm that this would solve the problem or prevent its reoccurrence.
Since I have purchased this truck. I purchased it in 2017 brand new. It has never had consistent tire pressure in 3 of the valves. I took it back to the dealer and they said it's not covered under the factory warranty even after having driven it 187 miles.
I purchased my 2017 ford king ranch dually new on 5/11/18 and have been dealing with repetitive tire air pressure loss of varying rates with all six wheels as a result of corrosion between the tps valve stems and aluminum wheels. The valve stems are steel, wheels are aluminum that rapidly create corrosion where these two metals contact which results in damage to both components. Starting on 8/6/2018, 3979 miles, every wheel on this truck has been replaced or repaired due to corrosion. As of today my truck experienced nine ford dealer repairs and #10 is scheduled for this thursday 10/8/2020 for another tps warning. I brought my concern to my selling dealer shortly after purchase and was told they have seen the same failures on other superduty trucks but ford will only address this condition under their warranty guidelines. They claim their hands are tied. Three ford dealers have made the same statement. After noticing a pattern of repetitive identical failures, on 4/2/2019 at 6404 miles I contacted ford motor company and explained my concern to a customer service associate. She generated case #cas17549134 and instructed me to continue with warranty repairs and explained someone from ford would follow up. I never received any communication from ford. These failures have occurred while parked at home, driving with and without a loaded truck, high and low speeds and in remote areas when we traveled around the states on vacation. Compressed air was not always available in areas of montana and oregon. A troubling statement made recently by a repairing dealer was "unfortunately you will be dealing with this as long as you own this truck" one the 9/30/20 repair I asked if ford is doing anything to address this problem and was told no.
I was on the highway going aprox. 65mph when out of nowhere the truck started shaking and wobbling, I lost control of steering untill I came to a stop. I got to the side of the road and got out thinking I had a tire blowout, but there was nothing wrong with my tires. The truck has been fine since but it was very scary for this to happen.
At 400 miles driving down the freeway the truck started shaking as if the front wheels were coming off, the dealership told us it must be a bad road, same thing when it happened at 7,000 miles and at 22,000 miles. At 35000 miles we took it to a different dealer and they kept the truck for well over a month, to fix it. Now at 39000 it still has the same problem, it happens randomly, and we are taking it back in tomorrow to be looked at. Now that I bought my wife a truck that is well over $70,000 she no longer feels safe to drive it because it is so scary to drive wile the front tires shake like they are falling off. In southern california traffic, she feels like she could kill someone simply by losing control when that happens. I have purchased countless ford automobiles and paid off many ford credit auto loans, and we have never had any complaints, never had any issues, we maintain our vehicle with the ford maintenance contract, we carry a ford esp warranty on all of our fords and we are very meticulous in taking care of our vehicles... At this point we want a new truck, and we do not feel that we should have to take the depreciation simply based on these problems. We also want our ford esp and maintenance contract to be on the new truck, just as we have on this truck.
Death wobble I have about 24 thousand miles on my truck and when I go over bumps the whole truck shakes uncontrollably. When it happens it's a struggle to keep it in the lane. I am terrified to drive it and ford seems to be blowing me off about it. It's been happening since I got the truck and has been getting worse.
At 39000 miles developed a massive front wheel shake at highway speeds on rough roads. Rotated tires and balanced. No change. Replace all tires with same as came with. Death wobble was gone for 4000 miles has now returned.
I was driving on the interstate at about 70 MPH when I hit a small pot hole in the road and my truck began to shake uncontrollably. The steering wheel was shaking violently and I could barely hold onto it. I had to immediately try to get out of traffic and pull off the side of the road to get it to stop.
Vehicle shakes violently when traveling 60mph or higher on freeways after hitting a bump in the road. Have to slow down immediately to remain in control of vehicle. Happened 6 times in last 2 weeks.
At 35000 miles on my 2017 f350 I started getting wobble/vibrations at highway after going over bumps. Talked to ford dealer and said the is a tsb but parts were two weeks out. Went back and parts were 6 weeks out for a total of 8 weeks. Problem has gotten worse. Last time on interstate I got what I would call death wobble. I had to hit brakes hard to control in heavy traffic. Wobble didn't stop till I slowed from 75 to under 50mph. Truck is stock with stock tire rims. No aftermarket parts. This is a serious safety issue and will end causes wreck or a death
I was traveling down the highway at approximately 60 MPH and hit a bump. My vehicle began shaking violently. I had to abruptly decelerate down to 35 MPH to get ot to stop shaking. I believe it's called a death wobble. I've had my vehicle in to the ford dealership twice to have it fixed to no avail. I had the whole front end rebuilt. $1500 down the drain. I had a 2012 f350 that did the same thing. This wobble has happened to me many times. Most recently it happened on 12/22/2019.
Heavy vibration and shacking of steering wheel this is not an isolated incident with our trucks, it's a nationwide problem that is very very dangerous. In a 10 mile ride it would happen 3-4x at 70 to 75mph hitting the slightest bump, the truck would violently shake. I would have to slow down to 20 MPH for it to stop. Very difficult on a highway
Shaking of steering wheel this is not an isolated incident with our trucks, it's a nationwide problem that is very very dangerous. In a 10 mile ride it would happen 3-4x at 70 to 75mph hitting the slightest bump, the truck would violently shake. I would have to slow down to 20 MPH for it to stop. Very difficult on a highway and unsafe.*dt consumer stated 6 complaints on 6 different trucks on same issue.
My 2017 f350 has 15,000 miles on it and has experienced extreme death wobble at least 10 times. If you are going over 70 on the turnpike and hit a bump this happens. You need to make ford recall this before people die. My truck is 100 percent stock except for a rear sway bar I added, and has never been off road. It happened 9-28-19 3 times but has done this before. I have an appointment to have it fixed 12-19-19, but from what I have read fords fixes do not really fix the problem. Please make ford recall this before people start dying on the highways.
Bought my ford f 350 xlt in feb of 2019 with 12,936 miles on it from rochester ford in mn driving home on the interstate at about 70 MPH it did the death wobble 3 times and I called them and they acted like they had never heard of it. Couldn't get it into the shop until a couple weeks later at bedford ford in bedford indiana where they replaced the steering dampener. Hadn't happened again until nov 26, 2019. Made an appt. At bedford in ford dealership and they said it was the tires and needed an alignment and new tires. Mileage is less than 24,000 miles on it. So the problem is still not fixed and they are just pushing me away and blaming the tires.
While driving highway-speed about 65 MPH, the truck hits a grove in the highway road and started to shake violently and uncontrollable. I slowed down while trying to keep the truck in one lane and it stopped the bucking/wobble action when the speed was reduced to 20 MPH. This has happened twice in the past week and vehicle is scheduled to be looked at in the service center.
My vehicle aluminum rims all corroded around the valve stem causing them to loose air. Ford replaced all the rims at 10,000 miles. They told me they were aware of the problem and had corrected it. At 39,500 miles the new rims did the same thing corroding around the valve stem causing the air to leak out. The problem was not corrected.ford agreed the rims were defective and would only replace them if I paid over half of the new cost. I am always fearful that the tires will loose air at high speed and cause a crash.
The wheels and valve stems are corroding and leaking air. The oem wheels have been replaced under warrantee with new oem but they have started leaking again. On long drives when the tires heat up the leak seems to get worse. I have to air up the tires every day before driving the truck. I'm concerned about the air loss when I'm hauling heavy loads.
I had a continual lost of air pressure in one of my tires during the removal of the original equipment tire at discount tires the manager informed me that the chrome was flaking off on the inside of the rims where the tire seals to the rim a possible manufacture defect that could cause poor seal and deflation of my tires or worst. If not for the nail puncturing my tire I would not have found the defect in the manufacturing of the 4 rims on my truck. Because the one tire was not repairable I had to buy 4 new tires that how I found that all 4 of the rims had the same defect. My concern is my truck safe to drive on these 4 rims or could I have a tire failure because of a lost of tire seal from the chrome flaking off inside the rims. I do have picture.
2017 vehicle with 26,000 miles. Outside drw wheels, both passenger and driver side have presented corrosion and are losing air pressure stationary and in motion due to incompatible metals on rim and valve stem. Recall needs to be enacted and rims need to be replaced.
The truck experiences air leaking from all of the aluminum wheels at the valve stem. This vehicle has been to the dealer seven (7) times for tires losing air. It has required six (6) valve stem replacements. Some have bee replaced twice. My understanding is that the metal valve stems used on the 2017 super duty trucks with tire pressure monitoring system faulty where the stem meets the aluminum rim resulting in continual loss of air. The steel wheels (dually) on the inside rear do not leak air. Although there is a monitoring system, air may not be available resulting loss of air in the tires and driving under load (the truck is designed for towing heavy loads - we tow a 5th wheel trailer) with underinflated tires. Internet research shows this is a common unaddressed problem for 2017 and newer f350 dual wheel trucks using 17"x6.5" polished aluminum 8 lug 5 hole wheels. The problem started approximately 10 months after the truck was bought new at 5,000 miles and continued ever since.
Wheels on this vehicle are aluminum alloy with steel valve stems. Because these are two different metals they are causing a corrosion problem which in turn is causing the tires to lose air pressure. If driving at highway speeds I believe that if the wheels and tires were to loose pressure quickly that this could lead to a catastrophic accident. I have read of multiple complaints of this same problem on the internet but ford has done nothing to address the issue. Corrosion appears to be not only inside the valve stems but also on the wheels. Replacing the valve stem will do nothing to correct the problem as it will only occur again and again. I bought this vehicle in may of 2018 (new) and it has been occurring ever since. I continually have to fill them with air. Took it into ford under warranty but the issue was not corrected.
Tire valve stems are leaking repeatedly, new valve stems will start leaking sometimes the next day. While the dealer is replacing the stems under warranty (bumper to bumper) this is causing a dangerous condition. 25% of air can be lossed overnight. It seems like the manufacturer is trying to run out the warranty and leave consumers with the price of the stems afterward. In 15,000 miles, one of the wheels on the truck has had 4 stems put in.
Air leaking from tire valve stems. I have had to take the truck to the dealer several times for the same issue.
Cast aluminum wheels leaking air from area around steel valve stem where corrosion is occurring. All have been replaced once and one was replaced twice. Vehicle has 29k miles. The air loss has been both slow and quick. This is dangerous as I pull a 13,000 pound trailer. Dealers are aware of many cases. Ford will not replace wheels with a safe product and continues to replace with the same defective wheel and valve.
While traveling at approximately 65mph truck developed a high speed wobble. Wife was driving at the time and was barely able to get the truck stopped without losing control. The truck that has 26000 miles on it had no payload shook so hard that my wife was unable to hold on to the steering wheel and had to apply the brakes to get it stopped while trying to stay in her lane and on the road.
While driving on the highway about 50mph I passed over a small bump (roadway to overpass) in the road. The front end of my truck began to shake violently. I had to pull over to the side of the road and stop to get it to stop shaking. This has happened a few times in the past but the shaking has not been as violent and has stopped when letting off the throttle (not this time). This seems to be getting worse. My truck has 11,450 miles.
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